I mean, Higgins has done zilch offensively and is probably not going to be re-signed. Gilroy still could turn out to be a diamond in the rough. I know if I had my choice, I would much rather deal Higgins.

Plus, if Jokinen is coming, well, duh, he’s a forward. The Rangers only have six defensemen, and one of them (Redden) has been close to doghouse-ville lately.

We’ll see.

Sorry for the unusual new post during the game.

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THE LATEST: IT’S HIGGINS! Probably going to be announced after the game … they better put Higgins on the bench so he doesn’t get hurt!

IT GETS BETTER: THE RANGERS ARE GETTING THIS TOUGH CENTER, PRUST. MORE OF THE SAME TYPE OF PLAYER THEY HAVE, BUT TOUGHER.

this is a good trade- nice to be rid of the mistake that was Kotalik for 3 years…if no draft picks are involved i don’t understand this deal at all for the flames- Slats is a much better trader than signer…

man sather has screwed up big time here in NY over and over but he always does somethin here or there that really makes you wonder how the hell did he get that done after some of the other bonehead things he has done. He really deserves kudos here.. it also helps that calgary is as desperate as they are right now, but man getting rid of that 3year abortion of a contract of kotaliks AND higgins in one shot?!?!? damnnn that is sick, and jokinen is UFA at end of season so this is just great for offseason cap space, i dont care if jokinen ends up being a -15 with 0 pts for us rest of season this is still clutch deal

and Olli Jokinen was a star in Florida, and nothin close to that in Calgary, but who knows maybe guy needed change in scenery.. put him with Gaborik and see what happens for rest of season…
Watch higgins score like as many goals in calgary in much less games as he did for us all year

BEST TRADE EVER. Prust is a great pick up to go with Jokinen. I HATED this trade when I saw it might be Gilroy, but after seeing it’s Higgins not Gilroy, AND Prust is coming, I LOVE this move. You guys are going to love Prust. Maybe Brashear is done as a Ranger.

Drury being traded is not going to happen, Rozsival being traded maaaybe could happen some team might take him but the Rangers have complete control over Redden situation, have to get this guy to hartford.. bring up Heikkinen, bc if he dont get a shot at the NHL level this year again he will probably go back to Europe, dont want to see that happen, seems liek he could be a solid defenseman with some “JAM” hah

Let’s not jump to conclusions and declare this a win for the Rangers. Let’s see how it turns out. If Jokkinen does squat here, he’ll be hated and he’ll go UFA this summer, and if Higgins finds his 20-goal touch next year … I know, and if pigs fly, and if my aunt had … well. Let’s just not pop the champagne yet. It could be another Antropov deal. Or Morris. Let’s wait.

A new lease for Kotalik, good for him, best of luck to him. It won’t take Jokinen long to get in Torts dog house. if Gilroy is traded in this deal, Ranger fans loose again. if its Higgins who goes, the Rangers will lose a good defensive forward, who couldn’t put the puck in the ocean this year. It will free up some big bucks, Sather is not done yet.

Prust wins way more than he loses (unlike Voros) and is tough as hell, but I wouldn’t call him a Colton Orr type, he’s not a strict enforcer type like Orr or Brashear and is only 5’11” 200 or so pounds. He’s more of a 2nd tier type fighter, but one of the best there is. He is going to make the next game with the Flyers a lot more interesting. Brashear has been a colossal disappointment, hopefully this spells the end of him.

Carp what are you talking about, Jokinen doesnt need to do anything for us, obviously it woudl be nice if he played well for us but this move is so much more about cap space for the future and not having that ridiculous Kotalik contract on the books the next 2 years on top of the other 3 disaster contracts the Rangers have

I’d just like to say that Jokinen is a former hot commodity. He garnered a nice defense pairing from Phoenix when he was traded there. I dont know why he’s lost himself or whatever, but this is a guy that we could have really just stolen real good. Higgins and friggin Kotalik? For PRUST and Jokinen? Yes.

Higgins can sign somewhere next year and score 50 goals. He still wasn’t going to be here next year, so there is no loss there. Kotalik’s contract comes off the books=definite win. Prust can actually stand up for the team.

Even if Jokinen does nothing, just getting rid of Kotalik’s contract makes it worth it. Anything else is gravy.

Even if Higgins finishes the season strong, he wasn’t going to turn his game around here. Lord knows that Torts gave him enough chances. Think it was to showcase him this whole time?

How is this anything like the antropov trade? The Rangers traded 2 draft picks for him. Here the Rangers are getting money off the books from a player that wasn’t even playing! So, we are basically trading Jokinen for Higgins. Higgins and Jokinen will be in the same spot after this year, so in the end we got rid of Kotalik’s salary, which is phenomenal considering HE WASN’T PLAYING!

This trade is a win on pretty much every front. I think the only way a Kotalik + Higgins for Jokinen trade gets messed up is if Jokinen starts putting the puck in his own net like Ozolinsh did to Weekes in the playoffs. Otherwise, doesn’t get worse than a guy who doesn’t change out of his suit during the game and another who might as well not change out.

Doodie Machetto
January 31st, 2010 at 10:48 pm
The only potential drawback is Sather giving Jokinen a big extension. Let’s be honest. It’s a distinct possibility.
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Or flipping Jokinen for the 19 year contract of Lecavalier!

Remember when Sather traded for Kovalev who was playing great in Pittsburgh? How did that turn out?
Wait and see. This team just broke a 5 game losing streak, and Colorado was just bad tonight. And unlucky. Dose of reality.

I don’t know why you guys are so down on Jokinen. Do you have any idea why he didn’t perform well in Calgary? He was paired with Iginla to replace Cammilieri. Cammilieri and Jokinen are completely different players. Now, in case you don’t know, Iginla and Gaborik are extremely different players, too. Iginla is strong on the puck and a drive to the net type player, Gaborik is much better and can play with anyone. He scores a hattrick with a waiver wire pickup as his center against a very good team and a top ten goalie. There’s no way Jokinen is going to be worse now than he was on Calgary. The people saying this might not be good are probably the same ones who when Gaborik was signed said, oh wait and see…

Hello From the Colorado Avalanche, Ranger Fans! For the life of me, I can’t seem to remember what state Colorado is in…

A bit of trade news in Rangerland today. For some reason Ales Kotalik has left the team and asked to be traded. This came as quite a shock to the Rangers Management. And the timing was also a surprise. It was right after Torts told Ales that he would never play for him again. I actually had Kotalik traded to Calgary. I sent Sutter a case of scotch to seal the deal. I guess he didn’t drink all of it- he was still conscious and then backed out of the deal. The last thing he said before passing out was “and Higgins”. Bingo!

(singing) “Y-M-C-A, it’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A” That’s Dolan’s new ringtone… Hey Big Guy! Did you see the game tonight? Have you EVER watched one? No? Hmmm, That’s good to know… Well, we won! Did you let D’Antoni out of the closet yet? There’s a Knicks game coming up soon. Then I bet he goes right back in… (click)

Brash! Where’s my million dollar Manbearpig? Half man, half bear, and half pig… Brash Baby, here’s the keys, go down to the garage and start up my limo. When Kotalik was leaving the Pepsi Center he was carrying a suspicious looking package with wires sticking out of it. Take Drury with you. That’ll take care of that No Movement Contract, eh Mess?

I don’t like those Copy-Cat Colorado uniforms. They look just like the Rangers. Dress like clowns, play like clowns, I always say…

I’ll have to talk with Torts. Gaborik is hogging all the goals again. Yeah, Gabby’s getting Grabby. If I wanted that, I would have kept Gretzky. I was a Lion for a day, on that day, too.

davymax i somehwat agree, im not gona say hes gona be awesome but jokinen is a playmaker and can help set stuff up for gaborik, and if it doesnt work out who cares!!
And everytime jokinen makes a bad play, to make ourselves better all we have to do is think of Kotalik and Higgins being gone, and we wont even give a crap about the bad playnd erik christensen has played well with gabby but as someone mentioned he is gettin top line mins, now we will be able to put the guy where he belongs, as the 3rd line center

by the way, even if jokinen isnt havin a great year, we are still trading 2 forwards with a combined 14 g and 22 a (36 pts) for a forward with 11 g and 24 a (35 pts). i wont include prust’s stats since they are irrelevant as he will be a 4th liner tops on our team.
So i still cant see how u coudl go wrong here

An ode to Glenn…
‘Just when I thought you couldn’t possibly be any dumber…
you go and do something like this…
and totally redeem yourself!’

OK, maybe not totally.

But this is second on your “OMG, How did he do that?!” list of moves right behind ANSON CARTER for Jaromir Jagr AT HALF HIS SALARY!

Just wow.
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What about getting Kovelav back from the Pens

Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Mike Wilson, Janne Laukkanen and Dan LaCouture, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Joel Bouchard(Who?), Richard Lintner(Who?), Rico Fata(plays in Switzerland), Mikael Samuelsson(Only real good player) and future considerations.

So he got Kovelav backs from the Pens for Samuelsson. Might i add this was at the time when Kovy was still a 80-90 point guy.

Those Sather wrapups are literally some of the funniest things I have ever read. I’m going to have a freaking stroke from laughing so hard at them every night. Carp, you need to hire that guy or find him a job somewhere. Funniest stuff ever.

Tough call Doodie. Gomez can still play the game, he has a few 50-65 point seasons left in him. In that move, they were basically unloading a guy who could play with an over-sized contract for a UFA who could not play. In this move, the Rangers got rid of 2 guys who cannot play, one with a 3 year deal for a guy who can play. I think this move is better.